Model-display stand.



by the member is presed into the frame and the fabric held in eloeeContact with the rear side of the sheet 3.

It will he seen that the liahrie is displayed through the outlinedtransparent portion 5 and owing to the eurvature or how ol" the, sheetone does not have l'o stand direethv in front of the display in order loohtain a Satisfactory view` hut theyI ohserve the. model in passing andfrom Vvarious angles. The, glazed surfacey gives the entire, display amore natural appearanre aa the fahrie will he blended into the harhVground and the Sharp Contrast whirh migfhrv otherwise he. had between asoft pieve ot goods and a dull hack ground will he eliminated. `When itis desired to change the fahr-ie or the sheet it is apparent that eithermay he aeeoniplishml expeditiously.

The foregoing' description and illustration clearly expresol theinvention` hul, it is t0 he understood that said illustration is merely'an exen'iphheatlon and (he invention maydie carried out in various ways.

Vihat elairn i5,

l. In a. model die-pla)Y device, thefeouihination with a hase and atraine meinher.mounted on the hago, of ay sheet reuiovahlj,y diz-sposedin the frame and havine an outlined transparent portion inm'iediatelysurrounded hy a back ground portion, a haelc meniher eonstruoted tosupport a piece ol tahrie in eontact with the rear side, of the sheet,whereh'vy said fabric is displayed through the transparent portion, ofsaid sheet and to tit into the frame, meansl for fastening the backnieuher in the frame, and a support mounted ou the hase. for receivingand Supporting the haek meluher when the lat-ler is removed from thel'raine.

.lu a model display device, the Combination with a haw. ot' a framemounted Onthe hase and howed transversely, a sheet disposed in thetrani@ and bowed transversely, iaaid lshe-et having' an outlinedtransparent portion .surrolnuled hy a hack ground, and a hack memhercurved transversely for supportingv a. piece of ilahrie in eontaetwiththe rear face of the sheet.

in a model display device, the Combination with a hase and a lramemounted on the hase, of a sheet of transparent material 'mounted intheir-aine and having a transparent outlined portionimniediatelysurrounding' said outlined portion, said Sheet heine' removable from theJframe. a back niemher constructed to Support a piece of tahrie ineontaet with the rear face of the sheet wherehy said fabric is displayedthrough` the outlined portion thereof, a

hinge deviee ronneeting: the haelt meinberwilh the haar ol' the frame. asupport receiving' the hai-lir meinher when the latter is Swine' ontol'the lrame and cooperating with the hinge deviee'in holding and p0aitiouiugf liaid haelt ineuiher. and meanhl for elampme' the hachniemher in the l'rauie.

ln testimoniv whereof l aliix my signature.

CLAUDE l5, TYLER.

